ACHD Services

The ACHD Director

The ACHD Director oversees the day-to-day operation and management of the ACHD workforce.
Bruce S. Wong, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, became Director on February 7, 2011. During his tenure, ACHD adopted an Integrated Five-Year Work Plan
to provide more transparency and to display the link between the District’s capital construction program and daily operations and maintenance activities.
The District also added flashing yellow arrows at intersections to improve traffic flow, placed reflective pavement markers to enhance nighttime driving,
introduced green turn boxes and painted lanes to increase cyclist safety, expand bicycle and pedestrian travel lanes,
increased community program funding and focused maintenance and traffic operation strategies.

About the Commission

The term of office for each Commissioner is based on a rotation schedule designated by state law.
The Commission generally meets on the first, second, and third Wednesday of the month at noon. An evening meeting
occurs on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. and every effort is made to schedule items of potential
public interest for the evening meetings. No meetings occur on the fifth Wednesday of any month. Special meetings
are scheduled as needed.

Traffic Management Center (TMC)
Intelligent Transportation Systems

Ada County Highway District (ACHD) has a state-of-the-art Traffic Management Center (TMC).
The TMC initially controlled only ACHDs traffic signal system and arterial street camera
system. ACHD has been working with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) to make this
a joint center that controls operations on all arterial streets within Ada County
and the Treasure Valley freeway system.
As incidents are detected on the freeway system, messages can be posted on variable
message signs and vehicles can be diverted to parallel arterial streets. The operators can
then change the signal timing to those arterials to accommodate the increase in traffic flow.

Incident Mangagement
A Working Partnership

The ACHD, in a partnership with the Idaho Transportation Department, has installed 159 incident
management cameras within the Treasure Valley. There are cameras on major arterials in Ada County
and cameras on I-I84 and I-84. Future plans call for a camera to be located every mile on the
freeway system within the Treasure Valley and on most major arterials.

ACHD sends camera feeds to various police dispatch centers, the Ada County Sheriff,
Idaho State Police, and local TV and radio stations via a dedicated fiber optic communications
network.

The incident management system is a live feed only. Nothing is ever recorded.